Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Frontline Education is dedicated to transforming how schools operate to ensure success for every educator and student. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer I or II to join their Identity Platform Engineering team, focusing on building secure identity and access management services for their multi-tenant SaaS ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and support cloud-native identity and access management services
- Develop scalable APIs and microservices using TypeScript, Node.js, and NestJS
- Contribute to frontend development using React and TypeScript
- Build and support secure authentication, authorization, entitlement, federation, and identity lifecycle capabilities
- Implement and support integrations involving Kong Gateway, Okta, token exchange, and federated identity patterns
- Design and maintain distributed services and asynchronous workflows leveraging Kafka and event-driven architectures
- Develop and optimize data access patterns using Aurora PostgreSQL, AWS Neptune, and related technologies
- Contribute to observability, monitoring, resiliency, troubleshooting, and operational support activities that improve platform reliability and customer trust
- Participate in discovery, refinement, and design discussions to evaluate requirements, identify tradeoffs, and shape practical technical solutions
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, QA Engineers, Architects, Technical Leads, and Engineering Managers throughout the software development lifecycle
- Contribute to architectural discussions while aligning solutions to platform standards and long-term engineering objectives
- Communicate technical concepts, implementation approaches, security considerations, and operational impacts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Build strong partnerships across geographically distributed and cross-functional teams
- Develop secure, maintainable, scalable, and high-performing software solutions
- Contribute to automated testing strategies including unit, integration, operational, and API testing
- Participate in code reviews and provide thoughtful technical feedback that improves engineering quality across the team
- Support CI/CD automation and continuous delivery practices
- Contribute to improvements in observability, resiliency, security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational excellence
- Promote reusable engineering patterns and platform consistency
- Mentor fellow engineers and contribute to a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and emerging technologies to accelerate development, troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and solution exploration
- Apply strong engineering judgment when evaluating and validating AI-generated outputs
- Use AI to improve productivity while maintaining high standards for security, maintainability, quality, scalability, and operational integrity
- Champion responsible and effective AI adoption across engineering workflows
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience for Senior Software Engineer I; 8+ years for Senior Software Engineer II
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, and React
- Experience designing and building APIs, microservices, and distributed cloud-native applications
- Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), authentication and authorization flows, and token-based security models
- Experience developing and supporting secure identity, authentication, and authorization services
- Ability to independently design and deliver complex features and services with high levels of quality, reliability, and maintainability
- Experience participating in technical design discussions and evaluating implementation tradeoffs
- Strong understanding of testing, scalability, operational excellence, and software quality practices
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering best practices
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity while applying sound judgment and validation practices
- Experience with AWS cloud-native services including EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS/SQS, and Container-based workloads
- Experience with Docker, PostgreSQL or Aurora PostgreSQL, EKS, Graph or relationship-oriented data modeling concepts, AWS Neptune or equivalent graph technologies, Kafka or similar messaging technologies, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working within Agile software development environments
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Okta or similar enterprise identity providers
- Experience with Kong Gateway and API gateway patterns
- Familiarity with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms
- Experience working within multi-tenant SaaS environments
- Experience collaborating with geographically distributed engineering teams
- Experience contributing to shared platform capabilities used across multiple product lines
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted or agentic development workflows in professional software engineering environments
Benefits
- Annual bonus opportunity.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Employee stock purchase opportunities where applicable.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development support.
- Flexible time off and wellness-focused benefits.
- Personalized Time Off: Take time when it’s needed most — whether that’s a family vacation, a reset day, or simply time to rest and refocus.
- Paid Sick Time: Separate, dedicated sick leave to care for yourself or loved ones.
- Volunteer Time Off: Paid time to give back and support causes that matter to you.
- Ten Paid Holidays: Enjoy meaningful moments and traditions throughout the year.
- World-Class Learning Access: Explore thousands of on-demand courses through platforms like LinkedIn Learning.
- Leadership & Technical Skill Building: Develop new capabilities and chart your own professional path.
- AI Empowerment: Use OpenAI tools to build fluency with emerging technology and harness AI as a creative partner for innovation and problem-solving.
- Ongoing Learning Culture: Participate in company-led webinars on AI, inclusion, and industry trends—designed to inspire curiosity and continuous improvement.
- Wellness Initiatives: Company-sponsored programs that support physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential support for you and your family’s needs.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Health and financial benefits that support your happiness and future.
- A Culture That Cares: At Frontline Education, we want every team member to learn, grow, and thrive—personally, professionally, and purposefully.
Company Overview
Frontline Education is an integrated insights software primarily focusing on human capital management. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.frontlineeducation.com/.